SMART AID

SMART AID PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE

AND RESPOND TO THE LOCAL POPULATION’S NEEDSBY ASKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION

'WHAT DO YOU NEED?"

SINCE 2011

1000+ Families Fed Every Year

1000+ Homes and Schools Heated

68,000 Boxes of Infant Formula

50 Refugee Kids Sponsored

11 Ambulances for the White Helmets

Sponsor A Syrian Refugee Family

Karam is dedicated to providing longterm support in the form of Smart Aid for Syrian refugee families in need. We strive not to just place aid-bandaids but instead develop sustainable, future-building tools that: stabilize families, educate children, and prevent child labor, discourage early teen marriages, and keep refugees in host countries close to Syria. In Fall 2015, Karam signed up the first 18 families in our sponsor program and 35 children began attending school. Some of the children are in child labor; all of them live in extreme poverty.

Our family sponsor program combines the latest developments in humanitarian aid proven to make the most effective impact on refugee families who have lost everything: cash support + education. Every refugee family who joins the program will receive a monthly stipend on the condition that they send their kids to school.

CITY OF ORIGIN: HOMSLENGTH OF DISPLACEMENT: 2 YEARSSTATUS: ORPHANED FROM FATHER + EXTREME POVERTY

YOU CAN HELP US BUILD OUR FUTURES

By contributing $50 a month, you'll join other donors to ensure we have an access to quality education and a safe home. Karam will send you periodic updates on yoursponsored family in the months of March, June, September, December.If you have not received an update, email sponsorfamily@karamfoundation.org.

#Milk4Syria

Our #Milk4Syria project aims to ensure communities inside Syria have a stable and consistent supply of infant formula each month. The infant formula is purchased at a wholesale rate and delivered to communities inside Syria and distributed via local Syrian relief organizations and volunteers.

The Milk4Syria Distribution Centers, are located in the cities of Binnish, Jisr el Shogour and Maarat Noman in Northern Syria. They run on a monthly voucher system which is dependent upon the need of the family and the number of infants that require infant formula.

This project has been ongoing since September 2013.

KARAM HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER 68,000 UNITS OF INFANT FORMULA

TO MORE THAN 41,000 FAMILIES INSIDE NORTHERN SYRIA

White Helmets

Karam Foundation supports the White Helmets' efforts of saving lives in Syria. These brave men and women risk their lives to pull out victims of barrel bombs out of the rubble and destruction. The White Helmets rescue workers believe that saving one life is like saving all of humanity. To date, the White Helmets volunteers have saved over 22 thousand lives. Karam is proud and humbled to be able to support their humanitarian efforts in any way we can.

OUR SUPPORT SINCE 2014

Provided 11 ambulances

Refurbished 2 ambulances

provided Emergency aid

support for the White Helmet, Alaa and his efforts to feed 150 homeless cats in Aleppo

winter relief for the white helmets team in aleppo for the 2015/2016 winter (includes winter clothes and heating fuel)

supported in advocacy efforts for the white helmets and their noble cause

met with the white helmets team in new york city as well as their istanbul office

IN 2016: Karam plans to continue fundraising for the White Helmets through our Heroes Campaign that aims to purchase 5 ambulances. We have already raised funds for two of these ambulances. Each ambulance costs $15,000. We will also continue to provide emergency aid to the White Helmets in the form of fuel, clothing, and food this summer.

This past fall, Karam Foundation sponsored a community initiative to provide families with locally grown potatoes and cooking oil. This sustainable project not only supports hundreds of families and local farmers inside Syria, but also creates a positive impact on the local economy and agriculture.

Winter Relief

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To help ease their suffering in cold homes and freezing schools, Karam Foundation dedicated December and January to distribute winter relief to thousands of Syrians in need. Help us provide winter packages for thousands of families, provide heating systems for hundreds of schools such as wood-burning heaters, wood and heating fuel across Syria. In the past, we have distributed to Aleppo, Damascus, Zabadani, Daraa, Rif Idlib, and Rif Homs.